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When his team arrived here at the Alamodome for Friday night's late Southwest Regional semifinal against Florida State, VCU coach Shaka Smart moseyed to press row. There he watched a few minutes of Kansas' demolition of Richmond and sat next to Tom Yeager, commissioner of VCU's conference, the Colonial Athletic Association. "Don't be nervous," Smart said to Yeager as he went to join his Rams in the locker room. "We're gonna win." Nearly three hours later, with VCU trailing by one and 7.9 seconds remaining in overtime, Smart repeated the mantra to his players. "We're gonna win." A busted inbounds play and defensive stand...

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When his team arrived here at the Alamodome for Friday night's late Southwest Regional semifinal against Florida State, VCU coach Shaka Smart moseyed to press row.
There he watched a few minutes of Kansas' demolition of Richmond and sat next to Tom...

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